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Lynda H. Powell, PhD, MEd

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Professor, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine

Rush Medical College

Professor, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine

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Address: 1700 W. Van Buren St., suite 470
Chicago, IL 60612
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(312) 942-2013
Fax:
(312) 942-8119
Email:
lpowell@rush.edu

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PhD, Stanford University
Lynda H. Powell, PhD, MEd, is the Charles J. and Margaret Roberts Professor of Preventive Medicine, Medicine (Cardiology), Behavioral Sciences, and Pharmacology at Rush University. Powell is an internationally recognized expert in the development, design, and conduct of behavioral clinical trials. She has been the Principal Investigator of five major behavioral clinical trials, is currently leading a multi-site behavioral trial aimed at optimizing lifestyle for the purpose of producing a sustained remission of the metabolic syndrome, and published the first book on behavioral clinical trial methods for chronic diseases. Having received over $75 million in NIH funding for studies focusing on lifestyle and cardio-metabolic diseases, she is among the top 5% of NIH grantees.
Powell mentored over 800 junior investigators in her roles as former Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, and as founding faculty member of the NIH Summer Institute for Behavioral Interventions, now in its 19th year. She is a leader in the applied behavioral medicine movement that aims to strengthen the quality of the evidence for the value of behavioral treatments in managing chronic diseases, and for their ability to cut healthcare costs by keeping people healthier across of their lifespan.
- The Charles J. and Margaret Roberts Professor of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, 2008
- John H. and Margaret V. Krehbiel Endowed Chair, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, 2005
- Placed above the 95th percentile of the distribution of extramural grants over the last 25 years by the National Institutes of Health, 2004

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